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Arizona Weekly Vol. vii FLORENCE, PINAL CO., ARIZONA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1887. NO. 33. Jtr. LEADER AT HIS OLD STAND, holesale & Retail Dealer i "J burnishing DRY. if PJfflCI GOODS, ClGihing, Groceries, Iron, Wagon Material, ai'd SliGss, Hats and Caps, Lipors, Tobacco, Cigars. SWEETWATER. 0 Main aai Eaiiay Stats, Florence, Arizona. Wholesale and IN- DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, sries, Hardware, Tobaccos. SOLE AGENT FOR PINAL CO. FOR Chas. Rebstock Double Stamped Whioh will be sold at wholesale at my store as cheap as they can be be bnni;h' in Saii Francisco. This whisky is shipped direct to mt from ha bonded warehouse in original packages. ORDERS BY MAIL promptly attended to IN PPIPCQ Goods, Hardware, CA8A BLANCA. Retail Dealer NOTIONS, 5s Co.'s Celebrated Whiskies, truth. Greet trutbs are porton o( the soul of man; Great souls are portions 'f eternity. Each drop of blood that o'er through true heart ran With lofty messagp, ran fur thee and me; For Uod'n law, since the starry song began. Hath been, and Htill forevermore muat be. That every deed which shall outlast time's span Host goad the soul to be erect and free. -Lowell. ON THE BORDER. I have knocked about a good deal in toy time, from doubling Cap Horn as a sailor to digging gold as a mirier, and fighting Indiana as a scout, and yet the closest escape I ever had from death was with my eyes wide open and through my own stupidity. Early in the severities, I was down in the Indian territory buying horses for shipment east. I had a partner, and we traveled with our own team in a covered wagon. That territory is not any too peaceful now, but in '72-3 you not only wanted a trusty rifle with you, but you wanted tlie knack of dropping your man first. Traveling from ranch to ranch as we did, with every-body knowing tliat we had money to buy horses with, our situation was one requiring constant vigilance. There was never a night that both of us slept at once, and never a day that we were not on the watch for some plan to get the better of us. In one trip of three months wo had five different watch 'ogs ixia- onod, and finally gave up trying to keep one. xou might imagine that it would have been worth while for some of the predatory bands roaming tlie country to make an open attack on us, but the fellows reasoned differently. A couple of men armed with Winchesters and re volvers, and determined to defend their own at any cost, are antagonists not to be despised. Your western outlaw, with very few fxceptions, is just 03 careful about getting a bullet into his body as any one else. One day in July, while we were on the north fork of the Canadian river, and about twenty miles below Shawneetown, one of the horses in our team was bitten by a rattlesnake. I was driving, and I saw the snake as it lifted itself from the grass and bit the horse twice on the leg. It was a hot day, the horses well heated up, and the poison took effect very soon. Wo had no remod y for it. but were compelled to stand by and see the animal suffer and die. It wasn't quite an, hour after he was struck before he was dead. In buying horses we stipulated for dcliv ery at certain points, and thus had no spare ones with us. To make our team whole cibo of us must take tkn other horse r.nd ride oif and make a purchase. I had been over the route before, and I knew that the nearest ranch was twelve miles up the river. It waa now 4 o'clock in the aftornoon, and we were witbiu half a milo of the stror.m end Ji a wild and lonely district of country. We had with us in a tin box in the wagon over 4,0t0 in gold, and the misfortune to our horse naturally increased our anxieties. My partner insisted that I should he the one to remain with the wagon, and he had no sooner moved away than I began to make things secure. The very first move was to take the tin box from the wagon and bury it in the ground under the vehicle, and after that I staked out the horse, 6aw that every firearm was in good order, and boat around the camp to drive away any reptiles lurking alxiut. There was no use in especting Patton, my partner, bact before 8 o clock or later. lie would doubtless find a suitable-horse at the first ranch, but the ranchman might be away, or there were a dozen other reasons to call for delay. We Carried provisions with us, and at about 0 o clock I built a fire and prepared my supper, and was about to begin eating when I caught sight of a horse and rider approaching camp from the northwest. lne ground was open for three or four miles, and as I had a glass with mo I made out, while the horse was yet a milo and a half away, that ho bore a woman on his back. Had she been a squaw the the sight would not have occasioned surprise, but the first look proved that Ebe waa white and that her horse was jaded and coming slowly. As I held the glass on her I saw her turn and look bock, as one pursued, and long before sho reached me I had become greatly interested in her case. She rode straight for the wagon, and when she finally came up her horse was very much blown, and the woman's face secmedjto betray both hope and fear by turns. She waa an average looking female, about 40 years old, and as she drew rein beside me we surveyed each other for half a min'ito before either spoke. During that interval I caught an expression on her face which I did uot at all like. It was a sly, sinister look, but it passed Bwiftly away, and was replaced by one of anxiety. I was the first to speak, saying: "Well, are you in trouble?" "In great trouble, sir," she replied. "I have been living with my brother on a small ranch about fifteen miles distant. Two hours ago a dozen drunken Kicka-poo Indians visited the place, wounded my brother and set fire to the house, and would have assaulted me had I not fled on this horse. They pursued me for several miles, and I I" Hero sho broke down and began to cry and sob. What could I do but ask her to dismount, give her my promise of protection, and say that when my partner returned we would drive straight to the ranch and 6acrb.ee our lives, if need be, to rescue her brother and teach the Indians a lesson? She did not come down without considerable palaver, seeming to be very sensitive about getting me into trouble, and when sho did take a seat on the blankets prepared for her, she continued to cry and lament and would not touch a mouthful of food. It had grown dark by the time I had eaten mv supper, and it was now time to look for Patton. I sought, as any man would have done under the circum stances, to cheer the woman up, and by and by she gave over crying and seemed a bit more hopeful. She explained that she had removed to the territory from Qarksville, Ark., three years before, being a widow with one sort. The son had died within the year, and the brother, who was an old bachelor, and not in good health, had conie on to remain until the place could be told out. A Kickapoo buck had taken a great fancy to the woman and wanted to marry her, and her indignant refusal had called down the raid loado that day. ller story filled me with indignation, and as tho night came on I was terribly impatient for Patton to return. - About lialf-past 9 o'clock I lK-ard the gallop of horses, and was ready to welcome my partner, but before they had come in sight the widow sprang up hi great terror, and cried out: "Oh, sir, they are tho Indians who have been on my traill Don't let them take me away! Lot me hide in tho wagon!" "In with you quick, and they will have to kill mo before they lay hands on you," I replied, and she disappeared beneath the cover with astonishing celerity. Tho gallop came nearer and nearer, and presently a voice hailed me: 'The camp tliar heil! ' "Who is it?" "Friends." "Come in." With that a half breed and a Kickapoo came riding into camp on horses which had neither saddle nor blanket- Both men looked savage and sullen, and were well armed. Tho half breed could speak very good English, and when he had come to a hall and looked around, he said: "We are after the woman who came into your camp a few hours ago. I see her horse over there." "Bv what authority do you demand her?"' "None of your business. We have come for her, and we mean to have her. " "Do you mean that you will take her by force?" "I do; and let me give you a piece of advice. I see you are a tenderfoot. Don't put on too many airs in tliis country. It's a great place to have one's wings cropped in a hurry. Don't attempt any foolishness with us, or you'll never know what hurt -m. I had my Winchester in hand and two revolvers in my belt. H'ld I been a hot teni5ered man, there would have been some shooting before lie had concluded his bombastic Breech. I am slow to anger, especially whea human life may pay the forfeit, and I heard him through without being roile-i. The woman was hidden away in tho wagon, and had not revealed her presence to them by word or move. If the woman chooses to go with you, well and good," I answered, ns I looked tho fellow over by the light of tho catrsp fire. "If she does not you cannot take her." "Oh we can't, eh? You crow pretty loud for a spring chicken. Well, ask the wench to make a choice. Tho wagon was about ten paces from the fire, and in the shadow, although not so much so that I could not see it pretty plainly. I had made a step toward it when I saw a black object under the wheels, and, supposing it to be a wolf, I raised my gun and took a snap shot, carina only to soul a bullet near enough to drive it away.. The o'jjeot disappeared with the echoes of tho report, and as I walked along to the wagon the two men, who had not dismounted, accompanied me. Standing within five feet of the vehicle I calieii to the woman and asked if sho desired to go with the men, and she replied: "Oh! sir, save mo from them, even if you have to shoot me." "But you've got to como!" shouted the balfbreed. "She shall not go!" I shouted at him. I give you two villains sixty seconds in which to leave camp. Now go!" They were close together, and my rifle covered both. They looked straight at ras for fifteen or twenty eeconds, and liien turned and rode awav hi tho dark ness. I followed them for 100 yards. when thev urged their horses to a galop, and rode to the north without looking back. I 6tood und looked after tliem until I could no longer hear tho beat of their horses' hoofs, and I felt rather proud of my nerve in driving them away. It did not occur to me until next that cither or both of them could have got the drop on me up to tiie time I raised my rifle, and tliat while they were malting threats of what they would do they left their rifles lying across their saddles. They simply pernutU-d me to force them out of camp at the muzzle of my Winchester, and that was a part of their plan. When I returned to the fire tho woman was beside it, her face betraying fear and distress, and as soon as I came up she clasped her hands and tear fully exclaimed: Oh, you will not let them take me away you will not!" I assured her that they had been driven off, and that she was safe, and her grati tude was unbounded. It was now 10 j 'clock and after, and Patton had not yet returned. It was useless to expect him until morning, and I set about preparing the camp for the night. As there was a strong probaDihty tliat the two men driven olf would secure re-enforcements and return during the night, I tied the horse to tlie wagon, told the woman that she could occupy the vehicle, and prepared to spend the night on guard. She seemed to oppose this latter arrangement, doubting if the men would return, and declaring it was a sacrifice on my part she could not accept. I bundled her into the wagon, however, promising that I might catch a nap at 1 or 2 o'clock if all was quiet, and by and by I let the fire go down and took my circle around the camp with cat like step. A few coyotes and wolves came about, but nothing seemed to disturb me, and the hours passed away until 3 o'clock. By that time I was very tired and sleepy. I dared not stretch out for a regular sleep, knowing that the danger was not yet passed, but I sat down on a knoll about forty feet north of the wagon to nap a little, knowing that any noise of account would instantly arouse me. It was per haps a quarter ot an Hour beiore 1 actually fell asleep, and almost instantly I began to dream. 1 arcaniea tnat 1 was tied fast to a tree on the plains, and that a rattlesnake was crawling toward me, The snake was coming to bite me. and I was helpless. Every movement of the replde was as vivid as if the dream had been a reality, and my mind was as clear as a bell. Tho serpent came very slowly. halting every two or three feet to rear its head and look about, and when it was within ten feet its form changed. It was yet a serpent, but it had a small brown hand, and the hand clutched a bull dog pistol. 1 he pistol was pointed full at me, and I saw that the hammer was up. "Whiz!" went a shadow liefore my face, and then I saw behind me. The snake was no longer, in front, but creep ing up in my rear, and yet I saw him as Mainly as before. Ho came on slowly cautiously always a littia nearer. When within three feet of my heels tlie pistol was raised to tho back of my head, and I said to mvself: "So I am to be shot. It is a large bullet, and it will go clear through my head. I wonder why he didn't bite me? If I was loose I would make a fierce fight for my life. "Clug!" It was the sound of a pistol hammer striking on the center of a cartridge a cartridge which had failed to explode. In the same second I was on my feet. A human figure stood before me. I gave my heavy rifle a half sweep and the figure sank down with a stifled shriek. Then I was fully awake, and I bent over tho stranger, to find it was the woman who should have been asleep in the wagon. She was unconscious, but clutched firmly in her right hand was a wul dog pistol. I wrenched it away and carrier! her to tho embers of the fire, and when I had secured a blaze I saw that I had struck her ou the head and given her a bad hurt. I examined the pistol, and when I found that the cartridge had been tried by the hammer, it did not take me long to unravel the plot against my life. I bound the woman hand and foot, and then kept vigilant watch until daybreak. She recovered consciousness long enough before this, but the only aid I extended was to loosen her hands and place a dish of water beside her. She did not address me, and I had no word for her. When day broke there was another surprise for me. A Kickapoo Indian lay dead under tho wagon, shot through the heart. It was a great mystery to me, but tho woman was ready to clear it up. I untied her, washed the blood off her face and head, and then she gave the whole plot away. Patton had been made a prisoner by a gang of outlaws in order tliat I might be roblied. These men knew of tlie tin box in the wagon. Tlie woman bad been sent into en rip with the story she told, knowing that she would get into the wagon. The two men came to iistract my attention, and the Kickapoo crept up to receive the box. The woman couldn't find it. and I mistook the Indian for a wolf and killed him. Then the woman concluded that I had the money ; me, and while I napped she crept up -o ti.ool me and secure it. She told tlie particulars as cc illy as I relate them to ou, and when she had finished she asked what I was going to do about it. Patton :i:id by that time returned, having raised uch a row that his captors feared to detain him longer, and he answered the nucstion by picking up a rope and starting for the nearest tree. This broke the woman down, and she lejrged and pleaded so abjectly that we )eft her free to go where she would when ve drove on. To have taken her to Ockmulgee, Kickapoo or any other town .is a prisoner would have been to cause us rreat delay and annoyance, and it was some consolation to know that the blow I gave her caused a wound from which lie would not recover for many davs. ahe was penitent enough as we drove iiway, but six wecl:3 later was killed with her husband, a half breed, while tealing stock from the Creek Indians. .New xork Sun. Tho Maiden Assurance Company. In Denmark there is a society known as the Maiden Assuranco company; its aim is to provide for kdies of well to do families. It shelters and cares for them. and furnishes them with "pin money, Its methods are thus described: Tlie nobleman for the association is peculi arly for this class as soon as a female child is born, enrolls her dame in a cer tain association of noble families and pavs a certain sum, and thereafter fixed annual amount to the society. When she has reached the age of, we be lieve, 21 sho becomes entitled to a fixed income, and to a suite of apartments in a rge building of the association, with gardens and park about it, inhabited, by other young or older noble ladies who have in like manner, become members. If her father should die m her youth, and she should desire it, she has shelter in this building and, at a time fixed, her income. When she dies or marries all this right to income lapses, and the money paid in swells the endowment of the association. Her father may pay for twenty years and then her marriage cuts off all advantage of tho insurance. But this very chance must enable the company to charge lower annual premiums and make the burden less on the father j insuring. tie nas, at any rate, tne pleasant feeling that his small annual payments are insuring his daughter's future and giving her a comfortable home anil income after he is gone. It is obvious that the chances for marriage among a given number of women can be calculated as closely aa those of death. The plan has worked well for generations in Copenhagen. Home Jorunal. It is estimated that half tho male population throughout Christendom use tobacco.Where the ltnttoiis Came From. "Where did you get ::11 those buttons?" sked a lady of a little boy who had a housand or more on a string. Why," was tho reply, "don't you !;now pa is a minister?'' "Yes," returned the lady, "but what !ias that got to do with it?" "Everything." tail tho boy; "because lie has the sorting of the collection basket." The Epoch. To Make Labels Adhere to Tin. Take of flour six ounces, of molasses one-l.alf a pint, and of water one pint and a half, and boil as usual for flour paste. Or dissolve two ounces of resin iu cue pint of alcohol. After the tin has lieen coated with the solution, allow nearly all of the alcohol to evaporate before applying the lable. Scientific American. Coolinj; Down Rapidly. The late Marshal Pelissier once struck his aide-de-camp hi one of those fits of ur-ontrollable rage for which he was notorious. The officer took out his pistol, pointed at Pelissier, and pressed the trigger. It did not go off. "A fortnight's arrest," calmly said Pelissier. "That will teach you not to keep your arms hi such bad order." New York Tribune. Mahogany is so plentiful in Lower California tliat it forms tlie cheapest kind of fuel for domcsuc uses. WOMAN'S FAVORITE TIPPLE. tlow the Delicious Ice Cream Soda Haa Superseded l'ink leuioiia!e.' "Strawberry and vanilla mixed, please, and don't make it too sweet." There is the succulent sound of a syrupy pour, a gentle fizz and a gurgling gush, a delicate splash, as a lump of ice cream finds its way from a big metal scoop in the depths of the crystal glass, another agitato, appassionato, furioso, top off fizz, and the fair "guzzler" of Gotham is served with her ice cream soda. Other people drink ice cream soda elsewhere, but not as they drink it here in New York which is by the hour, by the minute, by the gallon, by the liquid ton. From early niom till dewy eve the stream of femininity and tlw stream of oda pass, ceaselessly, behind the window shaaes of the confectioner s, where the delicacy is supposed to be served in its lizziest and most fascinating form. At a big desk, near the door, and beneath a dangling placard, which bears the following instructive legend: "Buy your soda water checks here," sits a placid and cold young woman, warbling a monotonous refrain. "One or two?" "Plain or cream?" and dealing forth small solferino waterproof tickets, which aro eagerly pounced upon by the thirsting swarm and hurried away to the marble bar presided over by the rapid, elusive soda water clerk. These clerks are usually cirls, and thev manipulate tlie icecream soda with a pleasing dexterity born oflongand assiduous cultivation. Thev flit noiselesslv among the array of bottles, deftly distinguishing Vichy from Apollinaris by the sense of "feel," extract the juice from the slippery and deceptive lemon in the twinkling of an eye, never confuse chocolate with cranberry, nor insult the palate which craveth pineapple by the offer of sarsaparilla. They mix and scoon and stir and serve the pushing, scrambling, insistent mass before them silently, swiftly, neatly and wnn au air or toleration which gives a qualified pleasure to the recipient. The writer followed one of these nymph3 of the soda water fount to a quiet corner, whither she had repaired to quench her thirst with a glass of clear cold water, and when asked why sho did not take an icecream soda she responded briefly with an amiable "Ugh!" expressive of nausea, which supplied all conversational deficiencies. Later, moved to further confidence, she placed one round jersey -clad elbow on the counter, mussed up her bang with one plump hand and proceeded to discourse, glad of a brief respite from tho eternal mixing process. "I don't see how they can drink it! But then they don't live in it as I do." "Been living in it long?" she was asked. " 'Bout four years now,'.' with a giggle which ended in a groan. "Oh, yes, but you don't servo icecream soda all the voar around, you know." "Don't we? Well, I should remark that wo did. Why, tho rush begins here before tho first of Slay and it keeps up harder'n harder all through June, July and August. In August the people tear in here and drink two or three sodas right down, one aftern other. They thin off through the fall till winter, and then, though we do an irregular business on the icecream, we sell the soda hot with bouillon, coffee and chocolate. Seems 's if people have got to drink something in New York all the time." "What i3 the favorite extract?" asked the writer. Not that it matters a flip whether (lotham soda water fiends prefer ginger beer to tho nectar of the gods, but because of the hope of some amuse-lng commentary from behind tho bar. 'On, my! 1 couldn't tell you that, but," with a confidential lowering of the voice, "you mightn't believe it, but do you know I've got so I can tell 'm all apart just what extracts they'll take, I mean, and I can set them up excuse me, you know what I mean almost before they open their mouths. You see, it's this way. The school girls all want strawberry and vanilla mixed, and the dark ones want coffee or chocolate. and the blondes, they take pineapple or lemon, and the old ladies call for sar-s'p'rilla, 'cause its cooling to the blood, and the girls who come in with fellows want 'just vanilla, plain' kind of innocent and simple and the young widows always ask for Vichy, with 'a touch of lemon.' That's where they're smart. iney can urinK viciiy standing up straight and looking over the top of the glass. They don't have to hang over it and snap for the ice cream, when it comes up, with one of these long spoons. Then Viehy don't get up your nose and make it red, and make your eyes water. You'll have to excuse me now I'll get bounced for loitering. See this girl coming in? She's a raspberry." And with a cheerful grin this small, slangy, soda water philosopher skipped back "to her position at the other end of tlie counter. New York World. Tin Foil for Tobacco. More than 1,000,000 pounds of tin foil are used annually to cover the smoking and chewing tobacco manufactured in the United States alone. The method of making it is interesting. The tin is, of course, first taken out of the mines, the best of which, for this purpose, are in Australia and the Dutch possessions of tho East Inches. Tho metal is found in veins or fissures called lodes, though it is also found in a dispersed form in loose stones, which, when found continuously, ore called streams. Chicago News. Pen and Ink Drawing. Any good photographer can easily become an expert sketcher in pen and ink. Let him make a silver print from his negative, go over the outlines of the objects on it with ink, shade them, pour a solution over the print, and lo! the photograph is eaten away and the pen and ink sketch left in its stead. Thus very artistic results may be produced by a simple chemical process. Frank Leslie's. The JnneUsh of the Gulf. A fish in the gulf of Mexico hastbs peculiarity of always haunting old wrecks and sunken piling, and frequently swims aroimd tlie wharves. It is called tho Junefish, because it does not appear till tlie month of June, though it remains all summer. It is chiefly caught near sunken wrecks. Chicai." Times. SELIM M. FrtANKLI.f. II ARltY E. JEFiORDS. JEFFORDS & FRANKLIN. Attorneys and Counsellorb-at-Law. Offices 212 and 214 Pennington street, Tucson, Arizona. W. B. STONE. R. E. SLOAN, D:st. Att'y. SLOAN & STONE, Attorneis and Cocnseixors at-Law, Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. H. B. SUMMERS, Attorney and Counsellob-at-Law, Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. E. W. MORRISON, ATTOKNEY AND COCNSELLOn-AT-LAW Florence, Arizona. Practices in all courts and Departments and before all Boards, Commissions, &c. Office Room 5, Florence Hotel, opposite Court House. WM. HARVEY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, A. T. COLTON, CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR, Deputy United States'Mineral Surveyor. Irrigation Works a Specialty. Office with Oury & Guild. BO. J. WHITESIDE, County Recorder. 3Cunveyancmg and Record Searching a Specialty. Agricultural and Mining Abstracts of Titl. Reports Made on all Classes of Lands. tarCorrespondence Solicited. "SJ Florence. Pinal County, Arizona. Pure Fresh water, Served Families Morning and Evening. S. R AMIREZ, Prop. JOHN C. LOSS. Notary Public. Real Estate & Ins. Agt Casa Grande, A. T. Execute tall kinds of papers with dispatch Prompt attention paid to all collections. Wil attend cases in Justice Court. Charge mod 01 ate. i3"Office Wells. Fargo 4 Co-, Casa Grande CASH STORE. Keeps a Full Assortment of General Merchandise, DRUGS an NOTIONS. t.StrictlT a Cash Business. J.N. DENIER, Prop. Remy's Dairy, ta.THE PUREST FRESH MILKf FURNISHED EVERY MORNING AND EVENING. J. B. REMY, Pro. The Best Cigars In the Territory, SOLD at WHOLESALE and RETAIL, By S. H. DRACHMAN, Tucson. t3,Acent for Louisiana State Lottery. Also buys and sells railroad tickets to all pointa. Soda Works, MANUFACTURE Soda Water, Sarsaparilla, Ginger Ale, etc. Outside towns, camps and families supplied promptly at reasonable prices. WALSH & ST A UK, Props. F. A. Odermatt, Operative and Prosthetic DENTIST, No. 213 Pennington St., up Stairs, Tucson, Arizona. Special attention paid to correcting irregularities in Children's Teeth. Deformities of the mouth, either congenital or acquired, corrected by mechanical appliances.Artificial Dentures made on Gold, Plantina or Vulcanite base. Euss House, TUCSON. THIS FHOMELIKE, FAMILY HOTEL, after being Renovated, Re-fitted and Refurnished and Repaired, Is to Open for Business, And a Share of the Traveling Public, Is Cerdially Solicited. EVERY ROOM IS NEAT and CLEAN, tS" and kept in first-class older, Free Carriage from Depot to Hotel. CHAS. J. FREESE, Prop. Secret Society. Florence Lodge, No. 4, A. O. U. W., meeU every Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. W. E. Guild, M. W. A. J. DoRAN, Recorder. Ivanhoe Legion, No. 2, S. K. of A. O. U. meets first and third Thursday in each month at 8 o'clock p. in . D. C. Stevens, C. Wm.E. Guild, S. R. Stage Lines. . TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA STAGE CO. DAILY LINE OF STAGES, Between Casa Grande and Florence. Carrying U. S. Mail and Wells, Fargo & Co's., Express. Leaves Casa Grande, - - 2 a. m. " Florence, - - - 1p.m. Connecting at Florence with GLOBE and FLORENCE STAGE LINE. Leaves Florence Daily at 2 p. m., for RIVERSIDE, DRIPPING SPRINGS, PI-ONEER and GLOBE. Connects at RIVERSIDE with Boone 4 Son's line for BENSON. J. C. LOSS, Agt. Casa Grande. W. E. GUILD, Agt. Florence. W. M. NEAL'S LINE, Connects at MAMMOTH with the Boon Stage from Riverside, for AMERICAN FLAG, ORACLE and TUCSON. Leaves Mammoth Tuesday's Thursday's and Saturday's, returning altoniRte d:yii.

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Arizona Weekly Vol. vii FLORENCE, PINAL CO., ARIZONA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1887. NO. 33. Jtr. LEADER AT HIS OLD STAND, holesale & Retail Dealer i "J burnishing DRY. if PJfflCI GOODS, ClGihing, Groceries, Iron, Wagon Material, ai'd SliGss, Hats and Caps, Lipors, Tobacco, Cigars. SWEETWATER. 0 Main aai Eaiiay Stats, Florence, Arizona. Wholesale and IN- DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, sries, Hardware, Tobaccos. SOLE AGENT FOR PINAL CO. FOR Chas. Rebstock Double Stamped Whioh will be sold at wholesale at my store as cheap as they can be be bnni;h' in Saii Francisco. This whisky is shipped direct to mt from ha bonded warehouse in original packages. ORDERS BY MAIL promptly attended to IN PPIPCQ Goods, Hardware, CA8A BLANCA. Retail Dealer NOTIONS, 5s Co.'s Celebrated Whiskies, truth. Greet trutbs are porton o( the soul of man; Great souls are portions 'f eternity. Each drop of blood that o'er through true heart ran With lofty messagp, ran fur thee and me; For Uod'n law, since the starry song began. Hath been, and Htill forevermore muat be. That every deed which shall outlast time's span Host goad the soul to be erect and free. -Lowell. ON THE BORDER. I have knocked about a good deal in toy time, from doubling Cap Horn as a sailor to digging gold as a mirier, and fighting Indiana as a scout, and yet the closest escape I ever had from death was with my eyes wide open and through my own stupidity. Early in the severities, I was down in the Indian territory buying horses for shipment east. I had a partner, and we traveled with our own team in a covered wagon. That territory is not any too peaceful now, but in '72-3 you not only wanted a trusty rifle with you, but you wanted tlie knack of dropping your man first. Traveling from ranch to ranch as we did, with every-body knowing tliat we had money to buy horses with, our situation was one requiring constant vigilance. There was never a night that both of us slept at once, and never a day that we were not on the watch for some plan to get the better of us. In one trip of three months wo had five different watch 'ogs ixia- onod, and finally gave up trying to keep one. xou might imagine that it would have been worth while for some of the predatory bands roaming tlie country to make an open attack on us, but the fellows reasoned differently. A couple of men armed with Winchesters and re volvers, and determined to defend their own at any cost, are antagonists not to be despised. Your western outlaw, with very few fxceptions, is just 03 careful about getting a bullet into his body as any one else. One day in July, while we were on the north fork of the Canadian river, and about twenty miles below Shawneetown, one of the horses in our team was bitten by a rattlesnake. I was driving, and I saw the snake as it lifted itself from the grass and bit the horse twice on the leg. It was a hot day, the horses well heated up, and the poison took effect very soon. Wo had no remod y for it. but were compelled to stand by and see the animal suffer and die. It wasn't quite an, hour after he was struck before he was dead. In buying horses we stipulated for dcliv ery at certain points, and thus had no spare ones with us. To make our team whole cibo of us must take tkn other horse r.nd ride oif and make a purchase. I had been over the route before, and I knew that the nearest ranch was twelve miles up the river. It waa now 4 o'clock in the aftornoon, and we were witbiu half a milo of the stror.m end Ji a wild and lonely district of country. We had with us in a tin box in the wagon over 4,0t0 in gold, and the misfortune to our horse naturally increased our anxieties. My partner insisted that I should he the one to remain with the wagon, and he had no sooner moved away than I began to make things secure. The very first move was to take the tin box from the wagon and bury it in the ground under the vehicle, and after that I staked out the horse, 6aw that every firearm was in good order, and boat around the camp to drive away any reptiles lurking alxiut. There was no use in especting Patton, my partner, bact before 8 o clock or later. lie would doubtless find a suitable-horse at the first ranch, but the ranchman might be away, or there were a dozen other reasons to call for delay. We Carried provisions with us, and at about 0 o clock I built a fire and prepared my supper, and was about to begin eating when I caught sight of a horse and rider approaching camp from the northwest. lne ground was open for three or four miles, and as I had a glass with mo I made out, while the horse was yet a milo and a half away, that ho bore a woman on his back. Had she been a squaw the the sight would not have occasioned surprise, but the first look proved that Ebe waa white and that her horse was jaded and coming slowly. As I held the glass on her I saw her turn and look bock, as one pursued, and long before sho reached me I had become greatly interested in her case. She rode straight for the wagon, and when she finally came up her horse was very much blown, and the woman's face secmedjto betray both hope and fear by turns. She waa an average looking female, about 40 years old, and as she drew rein beside me we surveyed each other for half a min'ito before either spoke. During that interval I caught an expression on her face which I did uot at all like. It was a sly, sinister look, but it passed Bwiftly away, and was replaced by one of anxiety. I was the first to speak, saying: "Well, are you in trouble?" "In great trouble, sir," she replied. "I have been living with my brother on a small ranch about fifteen miles distant. Two hours ago a dozen drunken Kicka-poo Indians visited the place, wounded my brother and set fire to the house, and would have assaulted me had I not fled on this horse. They pursued me for several miles, and I I" Hero sho broke down and began to cry and sob. What could I do but ask her to dismount, give her my promise of protection, and say that when my partner returned we would drive straight to the ranch and 6acrb.ee our lives, if need be, to rescue her brother and teach the Indians a lesson? She did not come down without considerable palaver, seeming to be very sensitive about getting me into trouble, and when sho did take a seat on the blankets prepared for her, she continued to cry and lament and would not touch a mouthful of food. It had grown dark by the time I had eaten mv supper, and it was now time to look for Patton. I sought, as any man would have done under the circum stances, to cheer the woman up, and by and by she gave over crying and seemed a bit more hopeful. She explained that she had removed to the territory from Qarksville, Ark., three years before, being a widow with one sort. The son had died within the year, and the brother, who was an old bachelor, and not in good health, had conie on to remain until the place could be told out. A Kickapoo buck had taken a great fancy to the woman and wanted to marry her, and her indignant refusal had called down the raid loado that day. ller story filled me with indignation, and as tho night came on I was terribly impatient for Patton to return. - About lialf-past 9 o'clock I lK-ard the gallop of horses, and was ready to welcome my partner, but before they had come in sight the widow sprang up hi great terror, and cried out: "Oh, sir, they are tho Indians who have been on my traill Don't let them take me away! Lot me hide in tho wagon!" "In with you quick, and they will have to kill mo before they lay hands on you," I replied, and she disappeared beneath the cover with astonishing celerity. Tho gallop came nearer and nearer, and presently a voice hailed me: 'The camp tliar heil! ' "Who is it?" "Friends." "Come in." With that a half breed and a Kickapoo came riding into camp on horses which had neither saddle nor blanket- Both men looked savage and sullen, and were well armed. Tho half breed could speak very good English, and when he had come to a hall and looked around, he said: "We are after the woman who came into your camp a few hours ago. I see her horse over there." "Bv what authority do you demand her?"' "None of your business. We have come for her, and we mean to have her. " "Do you mean that you will take her by force?" "I do; and let me give you a piece of advice. I see you are a tenderfoot. Don't put on too many airs in tliis country. It's a great place to have one's wings cropped in a hurry. Don't attempt any foolishness with us, or you'll never know what hurt -m. I had my Winchester in hand and two revolvers in my belt. H'ld I been a hot teni5ered man, there would have been some shooting before lie had concluded his bombastic Breech. I am slow to anger, especially whea human life may pay the forfeit, and I heard him through without being roile-i. The woman was hidden away in tho wagon, and had not revealed her presence to them by word or move. If the woman chooses to go with you, well and good," I answered, ns I looked tho fellow over by the light of tho catrsp fire. "If she does not you cannot take her." "Oh we can't, eh? You crow pretty loud for a spring chicken. Well, ask the wench to make a choice. Tho wagon was about ten paces from the fire, and in the shadow, although not so much so that I could not see it pretty plainly. I had made a step toward it when I saw a black object under the wheels, and, supposing it to be a wolf, I raised my gun and took a snap shot, carina only to soul a bullet near enough to drive it away.. The o'jjeot disappeared with the echoes of tho report, and as I walked along to the wagon the two men, who had not dismounted, accompanied me. Standing within five feet of the vehicle I calieii to the woman and asked if sho desired to go with the men, and she replied: "Oh! sir, save mo from them, even if you have to shoot me." "But you've got to como!" shouted the balfbreed. "She shall not go!" I shouted at him. I give you two villains sixty seconds in which to leave camp. Now go!" They were close together, and my rifle covered both. They looked straight at ras for fifteen or twenty eeconds, and liien turned and rode awav hi tho dark ness. I followed them for 100 yards. when thev urged their horses to a galop, and rode to the north without looking back. I 6tood und looked after tliem until I could no longer hear tho beat of their horses' hoofs, and I felt rather proud of my nerve in driving them away. It did not occur to me until next that cither or both of them could have got the drop on me up to tiie time I raised my rifle, and tliat while they were malting threats of what they would do they left their rifles lying across their saddles. They simply pernutU-d me to force them out of camp at the muzzle of my Winchester, and that was a part of their plan. When I returned to the fire tho woman was beside it, her face betraying fear and distress, and as soon as I came up she clasped her hands and tear fully exclaimed: Oh, you will not let them take me away you will not!" I assured her that they had been driven off, and that she was safe, and her grati tude was unbounded. It was now 10 j 'clock and after, and Patton had not yet returned. It was useless to expect him until morning, and I set about preparing the camp for the night. As there was a strong probaDihty tliat the two men driven olf would secure re-enforcements and return during the night, I tied the horse to tlie wagon, told the woman that she could occupy the vehicle, and prepared to spend the night on guard. She seemed to oppose this latter arrangement, doubting if the men would return, and declaring it was a sacrifice on my part she could not accept. I bundled her into the wagon, however, promising that I might catch a nap at 1 or 2 o'clock if all was quiet, and by and by I let the fire go down and took my circle around the camp with cat like step. A few coyotes and wolves came about, but nothing seemed to disturb me, and the hours passed away until 3 o'clock. By that time I was very tired and sleepy. I dared not stretch out for a regular sleep, knowing that the danger was not yet passed, but I sat down on a knoll about forty feet north of the wagon to nap a little, knowing that any noise of account would instantly arouse me. It was per haps a quarter ot an Hour beiore 1 actually fell asleep, and almost instantly I began to dream. 1 arcaniea tnat 1 was tied fast to a tree on the plains, and that a rattlesnake was crawling toward me, The snake was coming to bite me. and I was helpless. Every movement of the replde was as vivid as if the dream had been a reality, and my mind was as clear as a bell. Tho serpent came very slowly. halting every two or three feet to rear its head and look about, and when it was within ten feet its form changed. It was yet a serpent, but it had a small brown hand, and the hand clutched a bull dog pistol. 1 he pistol was pointed full at me, and I saw that the hammer was up. "Whiz!" went a shadow liefore my face, and then I saw behind me. The snake was no longer, in front, but creep ing up in my rear, and yet I saw him as Mainly as before. Ho came on slowly cautiously always a littia nearer. When within three feet of my heels tlie pistol was raised to tho back of my head, and I said to mvself: "So I am to be shot. It is a large bullet, and it will go clear through my head. I wonder why he didn't bite me? If I was loose I would make a fierce fight for my life. "Clug!" It was the sound of a pistol hammer striking on the center of a cartridge a cartridge which had failed to explode. In the same second I was on my feet. A human figure stood before me. I gave my heavy rifle a half sweep and the figure sank down with a stifled shriek. Then I was fully awake, and I bent over tho stranger, to find it was the woman who should have been asleep in the wagon. She was unconscious, but clutched firmly in her right hand was a wul dog pistol. I wrenched it away and carrier! her to tho embers of the fire, and when I had secured a blaze I saw that I had struck her ou the head and given her a bad hurt. I examined the pistol, and when I found that the cartridge had been tried by the hammer, it did not take me long to unravel the plot against my life. I bound the woman hand and foot, and then kept vigilant watch until daybreak. She recovered consciousness long enough before this, but the only aid I extended was to loosen her hands and place a dish of water beside her. She did not address me, and I had no word for her. When day broke there was another surprise for me. A Kickapoo Indian lay dead under tho wagon, shot through the heart. It was a great mystery to me, but tho woman was ready to clear it up. I untied her, washed the blood off her face and head, and then she gave the whole plot away. Patton had been made a prisoner by a gang of outlaws in order tliat I might be roblied. These men knew of tlie tin box in the wagon. Tlie woman bad been sent into en rip with the story she told, knowing that she would get into the wagon. The two men came to iistract my attention, and the Kickapoo crept up to receive the box. The woman couldn't find it. and I mistook the Indian for a wolf and killed him. Then the woman concluded that I had the money ; me, and while I napped she crept up -o ti.ool me and secure it. She told tlie particulars as cc illy as I relate them to ou, and when she had finished she asked what I was going to do about it. Patton :i:id by that time returned, having raised uch a row that his captors feared to detain him longer, and he answered the nucstion by picking up a rope and starting for the nearest tree. This broke the woman down, and she lejrged and pleaded so abjectly that we )eft her free to go where she would when ve drove on. To have taken her to Ockmulgee, Kickapoo or any other town .is a prisoner would have been to cause us rreat delay and annoyance, and it was some consolation to know that the blow I gave her caused a wound from which lie would not recover for many davs. ahe was penitent enough as we drove iiway, but six wecl:3 later was killed with her husband, a half breed, while tealing stock from the Creek Indians. .New xork Sun. Tho Maiden Assurance Company. In Denmark there is a society known as the Maiden Assuranco company; its aim is to provide for kdies of well to do families. It shelters and cares for them. and furnishes them with "pin money, Its methods are thus described: Tlie nobleman for the association is peculi arly for this class as soon as a female child is born, enrolls her dame in a cer tain association of noble families and pavs a certain sum, and thereafter fixed annual amount to the society. When she has reached the age of, we be lieve, 21 sho becomes entitled to a fixed income, and to a suite of apartments in a rge building of the association, with gardens and park about it, inhabited, by other young or older noble ladies who have in like manner, become members. If her father should die m her youth, and she should desire it, she has shelter in this building and, at a time fixed, her income. When she dies or marries all this right to income lapses, and the money paid in swells the endowment of the association. Her father may pay for twenty years and then her marriage cuts off all advantage of tho insurance. But this very chance must enable the company to charge lower annual premiums and make the burden less on the father j insuring. tie nas, at any rate, tne pleasant feeling that his small annual payments are insuring his daughter's future and giving her a comfortable home anil income after he is gone. It is obvious that the chances for marriage among a given number of women can be calculated as closely aa those of death. The plan has worked well for generations in Copenhagen. Home Jorunal. It is estimated that half tho male population throughout Christendom use tobacco.Where the ltnttoiis Came From. "Where did you get ::11 those buttons?" sked a lady of a little boy who had a housand or more on a string. Why," was tho reply, "don't you !;now pa is a minister?'' "Yes," returned the lady, "but what !ias that got to do with it?" "Everything." tail tho boy; "because lie has the sorting of the collection basket." The Epoch. To Make Labels Adhere to Tin. Take of flour six ounces, of molasses one-l.alf a pint, and of water one pint and a half, and boil as usual for flour paste. Or dissolve two ounces of resin iu cue pint of alcohol. After the tin has lieen coated with the solution, allow nearly all of the alcohol to evaporate before applying the lable. Scientific American. Coolinj; Down Rapidly. The late Marshal Pelissier once struck his aide-de-camp hi one of those fits of ur-ontrollable rage for which he was notorious. The officer took out his pistol, pointed at Pelissier, and pressed the trigger. It did not go off. "A fortnight's arrest," calmly said Pelissier. "That will teach you not to keep your arms hi such bad order." New York Tribune. Mahogany is so plentiful in Lower California tliat it forms tlie cheapest kind of fuel for domcsuc uses. WOMAN'S FAVORITE TIPPLE. tlow the Delicious Ice Cream Soda Haa Superseded l'ink leuioiia!e.' "Strawberry and vanilla mixed, please, and don't make it too sweet." There is the succulent sound of a syrupy pour, a gentle fizz and a gurgling gush, a delicate splash, as a lump of ice cream finds its way from a big metal scoop in the depths of the crystal glass, another agitato, appassionato, furioso, top off fizz, and the fair "guzzler" of Gotham is served with her ice cream soda. Other people drink ice cream soda elsewhere, but not as they drink it here in New York which is by the hour, by the minute, by the gallon, by the liquid ton. From early niom till dewy eve the stream of femininity and tlw stream of oda pass, ceaselessly, behind the window shaaes of the confectioner s, where the delicacy is supposed to be served in its lizziest and most fascinating form. At a big desk, near the door, and beneath a dangling placard, which bears the following instructive legend: "Buy your soda water checks here," sits a placid and cold young woman, warbling a monotonous refrain. "One or two?" "Plain or cream?" and dealing forth small solferino waterproof tickets, which aro eagerly pounced upon by the thirsting swarm and hurried away to the marble bar presided over by the rapid, elusive soda water clerk. These clerks are usually cirls, and thev manipulate tlie icecream soda with a pleasing dexterity born oflongand assiduous cultivation. Thev flit noiselesslv among the array of bottles, deftly distinguishing Vichy from Apollinaris by the sense of "feel," extract the juice from the slippery and deceptive lemon in the twinkling of an eye, never confuse chocolate with cranberry, nor insult the palate which craveth pineapple by the offer of sarsaparilla. They mix and scoon and stir and serve the pushing, scrambling, insistent mass before them silently, swiftly, neatly and wnn au air or toleration which gives a qualified pleasure to the recipient. The writer followed one of these nymph3 of the soda water fount to a quiet corner, whither she had repaired to quench her thirst with a glass of clear cold water, and when asked why sho did not take an icecream soda she responded briefly with an amiable "Ugh!" expressive of nausea, which supplied all conversational deficiencies. Later, moved to further confidence, she placed one round jersey -clad elbow on the counter, mussed up her bang with one plump hand and proceeded to discourse, glad of a brief respite from tho eternal mixing process. "I don't see how they can drink it! But then they don't live in it as I do." "Been living in it long?" she was asked. " 'Bout four years now,'.' with a giggle which ended in a groan. "Oh, yes, but you don't servo icecream soda all the voar around, you know." "Don't we? Well, I should remark that wo did. Why, tho rush begins here before tho first of Slay and it keeps up harder'n harder all through June, July and August. In August the people tear in here and drink two or three sodas right down, one aftern other. They thin off through the fall till winter, and then, though we do an irregular business on the icecream, we sell the soda hot with bouillon, coffee and chocolate. Seems 's if people have got to drink something in New York all the time." "What i3 the favorite extract?" asked the writer. Not that it matters a flip whether (lotham soda water fiends prefer ginger beer to tho nectar of the gods, but because of the hope of some amuse-lng commentary from behind tho bar. 'On, my! 1 couldn't tell you that, but," with a confidential lowering of the voice, "you mightn't believe it, but do you know I've got so I can tell 'm all apart just what extracts they'll take, I mean, and I can set them up excuse me, you know what I mean almost before they open their mouths. You see, it's this way. The school girls all want strawberry and vanilla mixed, and the dark ones want coffee or chocolate. and the blondes, they take pineapple or lemon, and the old ladies call for sar-s'p'rilla, 'cause its cooling to the blood, and the girls who come in with fellows want 'just vanilla, plain' kind of innocent and simple and the young widows always ask for Vichy, with 'a touch of lemon.' That's where they're smart. iney can urinK viciiy standing up straight and looking over the top of the glass. They don't have to hang over it and snap for the ice cream, when it comes up, with one of these long spoons. Then Viehy don't get up your nose and make it red, and make your eyes water. You'll have to excuse me now I'll get bounced for loitering. See this girl coming in? She's a raspberry." And with a cheerful grin this small, slangy, soda water philosopher skipped back "to her position at the other end of tlie counter. New York World. Tin Foil for Tobacco. More than 1,000,000 pounds of tin foil are used annually to cover the smoking and chewing tobacco manufactured in the United States alone. The method of making it is interesting. The tin is, of course, first taken out of the mines, the best of which, for this purpose, are in Australia and the Dutch possessions of tho East Inches. Tho metal is found in veins or fissures called lodes, though it is also found in a dispersed form in loose stones, which, when found continuously, ore called streams. Chicago News. Pen and Ink Drawing. Any good photographer can easily become an expert sketcher in pen and ink. Let him make a silver print from his negative, go over the outlines of the objects on it with ink, shade them, pour a solution over the print, and lo! the photograph is eaten away and the pen and ink sketch left in its stead. Thus very artistic results may be produced by a simple chemical process. Frank Leslie's. The JnneUsh of the Gulf. A fish in the gulf of Mexico hastbs peculiarity of always haunting old wrecks and sunken piling, and frequently swims aroimd tlie wharves. It is called tho Junefish, because it does not appear till tlie month of June, though it remains all summer. It is chiefly caught near sunken wrecks. Chicai." Times. SELIM M. FrtANKLI.f. II ARltY E. JEFiORDS. JEFFORDS & FRANKLIN. Attorneys and Counsellorb-at-Law. Offices 212 and 214 Pennington street, Tucson, Arizona. W. B. STONE. R. E. SLOAN, D:st. Att'y. SLOAN & STONE, Attorneis and Cocnseixors at-Law, Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. H. B. SUMMERS, Attorney and Counsellob-at-Law, Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. E. W. MORRISON, ATTOKNEY AND COCNSELLOn-AT-LAW Florence, Arizona. Practices in all courts and Departments and before all Boards, Commissions, &c. Office Room 5, Florence Hotel, opposite Court House. WM. HARVEY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, A. T. COLTON, CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR, Deputy United States'Mineral Surveyor. Irrigation Works a Specialty. Office with Oury & Guild. BO. J. WHITESIDE, County Recorder. 3Cunveyancmg and Record Searching a Specialty. Agricultural and Mining Abstracts of Titl. Reports Made on all Classes of Lands. tarCorrespondence Solicited. "SJ Florence. Pinal County, Arizona. Pure Fresh water, Served Families Morning and Evening. S. R AMIREZ, Prop. JOHN C. LOSS. Notary Public. Real Estate & Ins. Agt Casa Grande, A. T. Execute tall kinds of papers with dispatch Prompt attention paid to all collections. Wil attend cases in Justice Court. Charge mod 01 ate. i3"Office Wells. Fargo 4 Co-, Casa Grande CASH STORE. Keeps a Full Assortment of General Merchandise, DRUGS an NOTIONS. t.StrictlT a Cash Business. J.N. DENIER, Prop. Remy's Dairy, ta.THE PUREST FRESH MILKf FURNISHED EVERY MORNING AND EVENING. J. B. REMY, Pro. The Best Cigars In the Territory, SOLD at WHOLESALE and RETAIL, By S. H. DRACHMAN, Tucson. t3,Acent for Louisiana State Lottery. Also buys and sells railroad tickets to all pointa. Soda Works, MANUFACTURE Soda Water, Sarsaparilla, Ginger Ale, etc. Outside towns, camps and families supplied promptly at reasonable prices. WALSH & ST A UK, Props. F. A. Odermatt, Operative and Prosthetic DENTIST, No. 213 Pennington St., up Stairs, Tucson, Arizona. Special attention paid to correcting irregularities in Children's Teeth. Deformities of the mouth, either congenital or acquired, corrected by mechanical appliances.Artificial Dentures made on Gold, Plantina or Vulcanite base. Euss House, TUCSON. THIS FHOMELIKE, FAMILY HOTEL, after being Renovated, Re-fitted and Refurnished and Repaired, Is to Open for Business, And a Share of the Traveling Public, Is Cerdially Solicited. EVERY ROOM IS NEAT and CLEAN, tS" and kept in first-class older, Free Carriage from Depot to Hotel. CHAS. J. FREESE, Prop. Secret Society. Florence Lodge, No. 4, A. O. U. W., meeU every Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. W. E. Guild, M. W. A. J. DoRAN, Recorder. Ivanhoe Legion, No. 2, S. K. of A. O. U. meets first and third Thursday in each month at 8 o'clock p. in . D. C. Stevens, C. Wm.E. Guild, S. R. Stage Lines. . TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA STAGE CO. DAILY LINE OF STAGES, Between Casa Grande and Florence. Carrying U. S. Mail and Wells, Fargo & Co's., Express. Leaves Casa Grande, - - 2 a. m. " Florence, - - - 1p.m. Connecting at Florence with GLOBE and FLORENCE STAGE LINE. Leaves Florence Daily at 2 p. m., for RIVERSIDE, DRIPPING SPRINGS, PI-ONEER and GLOBE. Connects at RIVERSIDE with Boone 4 Son's line for BENSON. J. C. LOSS, Agt. Casa Grande. W. E. GUILD, Agt. Florence. W. M. NEAL'S LINE, Connects at MAMMOTH with the Boon Stage from Riverside, for AMERICAN FLAG, ORACLE and TUCSON. Leaves Mammoth Tuesday's Thursday's and Saturday's, returning altoniRte d:yii.